§ 24-8-1 Annual report and recommendations – Roads on which expenditures made – Contracts
§ 24-8-1.1 Rhode Island highway system – Purpose
§ 24-8-1.2 Rhode Island highway system – Establishment
§ 24-8-1.3 Definitions
§ 24-8-1.4 Annual report and recommendations – Roads on which expenditures made – Contracts
§ 24-8-1.5 Turnback implementation plan
§ 24-8-1.6 Review
§ 24-8-1.7 Rules and regulations
§ 24-8-4 Improvement, reconstruction, or widening of roads – Widening at town expense
§ 24-8-4.1 Highway workers
§ 24-8-4.2 Use of truck mounted attenuator
§ 24-8-5 Repealed
§ 24-8-6 Authority for sidewalks and curbs
§ 24-8-7 Specifications for curbs and sidewalks
§ 24-8-8 Space between curb and traveled highway
§ 24-8-9 Regulations of sidewalks and curbs
§ 24-8-10 Improvement or reconstruction of railroad crossings
§ 24-8-11 Beautification
§ 24-8-12 Contracts – Advertising for bids
§ 24-8-13 Contractors’ bond – Forfeiture
§ 24-8-14 Repealed
§ 24-8-15 Snow and ice removal – Notice of defects
§ 24-8-16 Repealed
§ 24-8-17 Determination and payment of appropriations to the state, cities, and towns
§ 24-8-18 Use of sums appropriated – Annual report
§ 24-8-19 Designation and maintenance of detours
§ 24-8-20 Location of fuel pumps adjacent to highway
§ 24-8-21 Jurisdiction of bridges on state highways
§ 24-8-22 Examination and repair or construction of bridges
§ 24-8-23 Cost of construction or repair of bridges used by public utilities
§ 24-8-24 Bridges incorporated into state system – Responsibility for maintenance
§ 24-8-25 Bringing new bridges into state system
§ 24-8-26 Removal of snow and ice from bridges – Notice of defects
§ 24-8-27 “Bridge” defined – Responsibility for smaller structures
§ 24-8-28 Repealed
§ 24-8-29 Succession of director to stone bridge commissioner
§ 24-8-30 Red Bridge exempt
§ 24-8-31 Federal aid rights preserved
§ 24-8-32 Drainage of surface water
§ 24-8-33 Connection into drainage system
§ 24-8-34 Regulation of access
§ 24-8-35 Damage caused by potholes – Claims against the state
§ 24-8-36 Right to administrative appeal
§ 24-8-37 Penalties
§ 24-8-38 Bristol road striping
§ 24-8-39 Exit ramp control devices for divided highways
§ 24-8-40 Woonsocket Lincoln Industrial Highway
§ 24-8-41 David Spicer Bridge
§ 24-8-42 Emergency management – Lane clearance
§ 24-8-43 Alteration of roadways
§ 24-8-44 Gainer Dam bridge and roadway
§ 24-8-45 Steel plate use

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 24-8 - Construction and Maintenance of State Roads

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • bridge: as used in this chapter shall be any structure not less than five feet (5?) in width. See Rhode Island General Laws 24-8-27
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8